Sanitizing Germy Sponges

Just in time for cold and flu season (though germs flourish all year long), yesterday's The Wall Street Journal featured a health piece describing the places we visit and the surfaces we touch daily, that are breeding grounds for germs. What item did they mention first? The kitchen sponge. We, too, know how dirty they can get, which is why we did our own scientific sanitizing test as part of an upcoming feature entitled, "How Safe is Your Kitchen?". Look for the complete results, detailing which of six methods got our test sponges the cleanest, in our November issue, on newsstands October 13.